# Bryan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bryan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹaɪən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brienne |
| US babies named this | 391,306 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 389,589 / 1,717 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,805, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 | 4,583 |
| 2002 | 24 | 4,929 |
| 2003 | 20 | 5,853 |
| 2004 | 29 | 4,618 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,566 |
| 2006 | 16 | 7,553 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,247 |
| 2008 | 14 | 8,610 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,630 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8,811 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,616 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,581 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,151 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,713 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,685 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,521 | 110 |
| 2012 | 3,083 | 121 |
| 2013 | 2,893 | 133 |
| 2014 | 2,731 | 149 |
| 2015 | 2,492 | 166 |
| 2016 | 2,130 | 186 |
| 2017 | 1,840 | 211 |
| 2018 | 1,641 | 233 |
| 2019 | 1,425 | 255 |
| 2020 | 1,359 | 259 |
| 2021 | 1,211 | 285 |
| 2022 | 1,172 | 291 |
| 2023 | 1,082 | 305 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | 307 |
| 2025 | 1,005 | 336 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 524 |
| 2012 | 76 | 498 |
| 2013 | 79 | 486 |
| 2014 | 86 | 457 |
| 2015 | 89 | 456 |
| 2016 | 81 | 501 |
| 2017 | 61 | 600 |
| 2018 | 64 | 580 |
| 2019 | 76 | 512 |
| 2020 | 72 | 524 |
| 2021 | 55 | 659 |
| 2022 | 86 | 465 |
| 2023 | 75 | 519 |
| 2024 | 81 | 486 |
| 2025 | 77 | 497 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: براين
- Chinese: 布賴恩 /布赖恩, 布萊恩 /布莱恩
- Greek: Μπράιαν
- Japanese: ブライアン
- Korean: 브라이언
- Russian: Бра́йан

## People named Bryan

- Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959)
- Bryan Cranston, American actor (born 1956)
- Bryan Ruiz, Costa Rican footballer
- Bryan Singer, American film director and producer
- Bryan Ferry, British singer (born 1945)
- Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
- Bryan Mbeumo, Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1999)
- Bryan Greenberg, American actor and musician
- Bryan Oviedo, Costa Rican association football player
- Bryan Brown, Australian actor
- Bryan Clay, American decathlete
- Bryan Roy, Dutch association football player and manager

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.